Grove Fire & Security

York, the historic walled city, is the traditional county capital of Yorkshire with the most complete medieval streets in Europe (The Shambles), over 360 pubs and the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe – in fact, York Minster also has more stained glass windows than anywhere else in England.

Tourists flock to see the city’s Roman heritage and Jorvik Viking Museum, the county’s longest town walls and the largest railway museum in the world – which houses the only Japanese bullet train outside of Japan.

Yet York has an industrious side too, its economy was founded on railway manufacturing and chocolate making – Yorkie bar and Terry’s Chocolate Oranges were made here. It’s even a National Science City, with a science park near the redbrick University of York.

So you’ll never be short of skilled local tradesmen.

From plumbers in Heworth and tilers in The Rise to wedding car hire in Woodthorpe, you’ll find the local tradesmen you need in our York directory.

Smoke detectors and fire alarms save lives. But they'll only identify a fire in its early stages, and give your family those precious minutes to escape, if they're in full working order.

The National Fire Protection Association recommends that homeowners install smoke alarms inside and outside every bedroom. Have you? Your fire alarms need replacing every ten years, or immediately if you hear random smoke alarm beeping caused by static electricity or water damage.

Don't risk it. Call your local fire and smoke alarm technicians to check your alarm systems are up to scratch, or install a new fire alarm system - of mains smoke alarms, wireless fire alarms, or ionisation smoke alarms.